All Mye Queen's Men, Chronicles of Love - Volume I (74 page)

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Queen
took
Jade's
advice.
 
She
went
downstairs
and
pulled
Logic
to
the
side.
 
One
by
one
she'd
isolate
them
and
confess
her
deception
and
indiscretions.
 
Then
she'd
pray
for
the
best,
that's
all
she
could
do.
 
Hopefully
the
three
of
them
wouldn't
start
acting
like
angry
baboons
and
destroy
her
parents
’
home
as
they
attempted
to
tear
each
other
apart.

"Logic
can
you
help
me
with
my
desk?"

"Sure?"
Logic
replied
as
he
followed
Queen
out
of
the
family
room
and
up
to
her
bedroom.

Logic
looked
apprehensive
as
they
entered
Queen's
room.
 
It
had
been
a
very
long
time
since
he
had
been
in
her
bedroom.
 
They
often
made
love
there
when
they
were
in
high
school.
 
He
was
sure
that
was
not
the
reason
she
lured
him
there
today.
 
Uneasy
he
set
on
Queen's
bed.
 
He
was
silent
as
he
watched
Queen
lock
the
door.
 
He
didn't
know
what
to
say
or
what
to
think.
 
After
all,
in
his
mind
Queen
needed
to
talk
to
Paul
not
him.

"I
need
to
tell
you
something."

Logic
drew
a
deep
breath
and
sighed.
 
"Okay,
what's
up?"

"I
love
you.
 
No
I
take
that
back,
I'm
in
love
with
you.
 
But..."
 
Queen
suddenly
lost
her
nerve
and
stopped
speaking.

"Go
ahead
and
continue.
 
But
what?"

"I
need
to
tell
you
something
and
you're
not
going
to
like
it
much.
 
Well
actually
you're
not
going
to
like
it
at
all."

"Queen,
you're
killing
me.
 
Just
say
what's
on
your
mind
and
get
it
over
with."

This
time
it
was
Queen's
turn
to
be
nervous.
 
"I
slept
with
Bear."
She
blurted
out.
 
Logic
remained
silent
and
virtually
emotionless
as
she
continued.
 
"I
was
angry
and
confused
and
vindictive
and
I
slept
with
Teddy
to
get
back
at
Paul."

"When?"

"About
a
week
after
I
first
made
love
to
you."

"Was
it
once
or
what?"

"It
was
more
than
once."

"Is
it
over,
or
are
you
still
involved
with
him?"

"It's
over
now.
 
We
didn't
want
Paul
to
find
out
about
us
so
we
stopped."

"So,
I
wasn't
enough
for
you?"
He
calmly
asked
still
not
showing
any
emotion.

"Logic
you
know
that's
not
true.
 
I
did
it
because
I
wanted
to
hurt
Paul.
 
And
I
did
it
because
I
was
afraid
to
allow
you
to
get
too
close
to
me.
 
Now,
I'm
not
saying
that
I
didn't
want
to,
because
I
did.
 
But
I
didn't
think
I
could
ever
trust
a
man
again,
so
I
did
it
because
I
just
didn't
give
a
damn.
 
But
I
didn't
do
it
to
hurt
you.
 
I
didn't
think
you'd
ever
find
out.
 
It
was
a
stupid,
selfish
thing
to
do
and
I'm
sorry."

"So
why
are
you
telling
me
this
now?"

Queen
holds
up
her
hand
so
Logic
could
see
her
ring.
 
"I
don't
want
this
to
be
based
on
a
lie.
 
I
know
that
you
didn't
know
this
when
you
asked
me
to
marry
you.
 
So
if
you
want
to
change
your
mind
then
I'll
understand."

"Queen,
I
knew
about
Teddy.
 
I
just
didn't
say
anything."
He
confessed.

"How
did
you
find
out?"

"It
was
the
soap."

"What
about
the
soap?"
 
Queen
asked
confused.

"You
smelled
like
the
soap
that
Teddy
uses
and
not
your
body
wash.
 
You'd
leave
with
your
skin
smelling
one
way
and
you'd
come
back
smelling
another.
 
It's
not
rocket
science.
 
Plus
I
see
how
he
looks
at
you.
 
I
saw
it
the
first
day
I
met
him.
 
In
fact
I
thought
you
were
sleeping
with
him
then."

"Why
didn't
you
say
anything?"

"What
was
I
suppose
to
say?
 
Technically
you
didn't
belong
to
either
of
us.
 
I
didn't
want
to
jeopardize
what
little
piece
of
you
I
had.
 
So,
I
let
it
go.
 
It
hurt
like
hell,
but
I
let
it
go."